We’ve got Showtime in my house mostly due to the fact that we’re a bit lazy about cancelling it and my partner loves The L Word and Weeds. Showtime has always been considered the poor mans HBO when it comes to original programming and I’ve tended to agree with that. However with Weeds and Dexter (my personal Showtime fav) the network has been gaining ground on the cable giant. This week along with the Weeds season premiere Showtime rolled out an import of a British show entitled Secret Diary of a Call Girl. It makes sense for these cable networks to buy up foreign shows to fill their schedule but unfortunately I think Showtime overpaid on this one.
Diary stars Billie Piper who made her name on this side of the pond as the Doctor’s companion in the modern relaunch of Doctor Who. Piper slides into the role of Hannah by day and Belle by night perfectly…at least in terms of looks. She’s not a drop dead gorgeous woman and instead comes off more as intriguing. One can easily see her as a high priced call girl if this whole acting thing hadn’t worked out. Unfortunately once you get past the fact that Piper fits the look you’ve got precious little else. Her portrayal of Belle is irritating after 10 minutes and the show itself seems a drift. Half the show Hannah/Belle speaks to the audience breaking the fourth wall and the other half she illustrates her talking points in ham fisted, over the top, sexual escapades. It was only one ep but the lack of interesting supporting folk and the dumbed down approach have turned me off instead of turning me on.
Mondays 9:30pm CST, Showtime, Premiered June 16th
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